- Docente: Paolo Bernardo Trost
- Credits: 6
- SSD: BIO/04
- Language: English
- Moduli: Paolo Bernardo Trost (Modulo 1) Mirko Zaffagnini (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biology of Human and Environmental Health (cod. 5909)
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from Feb 26, 2025 to Apr 16, 2025
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from Apr 24, 2025 to Jun 13, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student has acquired knowledge, skills and competences in the field of plant metabolism. The student will be able to reconstruct the general architecture of the central metabolism and the special metabolism of plants, and the connections with the biosynthetic pathways of the main molecules or polymers of interest for human nutrition or health.
Course contents
Central metabolism in plants. Photosynthetic metabolism: Calvin Benson cycle and photorespiration. Biosynthesis of storage carbohydrates and cell wall polysaccharides, and their role in human nutrition. Ascorbate in plants and humans. Respiratory metabolism and its connections with biosynthetic pathawys of amino acids and storage lipids. Specialized metabolism: biosynthesis of nitrogen containing compounds, phenolics and terpenoids with focus on physiologically active metabolites in mammals.
Readings/Bibliography
L. Taiz, E. Zeiger, IM Moeller, A, Murphy, Fundamentals of Plant Physiology, 1st Edition, 2018, Sinauer Associates
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Office hours
See the website of Paolo Bernardo Trost
See the website of Mirko Zaffagnini